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Sanskrit Name	:	Bala
Latin Name	:	Sida cordifolio Linn
Habitat	:	All over India and Srilanka.
Morphology	:	Bala(Sida cordifolio) - A small downy erect herb or shrub, 1.2 m in height, with long branches, sometimes rooting at nodes.
Leaves	:	Cordate,oblong,ovate or ovate oblong,very downy on both surfaces;petiole as long as the blade.
Flowers	:	Small,tawny yellow or white,carpels 10.
Fruits	:	With a pair of awns on each carpel.
Seeds	:	Small,dusky black and look like peas. seeds are called as beejabanda. Flowering and fruiting at the end of rainy season.
Atibala	:	It is perennial softly tomentose shrub, upto 3m high.
Stem	:	Round,frequently tinged with purple.
Leaves	:	Ovate to orbicular-cordate,1.9-2.5 cm long.
Flowers	:	Solitary on jointed peduncles,orange-yellow or yellow.
Capsules	:	Hispid,hardly larger than the clayx,arms erect.
Seeds	:	3-5.reniform,black or dark brown. Flowers and fruits almost throughout the year.
Part Used	:	Root.

1) External use	:	Paste is analgesic and alleviates oedema.
Antra vruddhi	:	Bala ksira is added to Eianda taila and administered orally.
Galaganda	:	Bala,Atibala and devadaru are powdered and given through oral root.
Vatavyadhi	:	Bala yusa is the best for Vatarogas.
2) Internal use Central nervous system	:	Being neural tonic and vatashamak,it is useful in vata disorders like paralysis,facial palsy etc.

Indicative Price

Bala's Extract - Rs.5,460

Bala's Raw Herb - Rs.1,820

Bala's Powder - Rs.2,210

Bala's Oil - Rs.3,640

Reference
Price Information accessed from http://www.ayurvedacart.com/ on 10-04-18

Product details accessed from Ayurved Dravyanidhi

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